Temple of Jupiter Amnion. — Nalural History .—-Pateiils. 153 



TEMPLK OF JUFITER AMMON. 



M, Frecliaiii, an Italian traveller, writes from Egypt, tliat he 

 has succeeded, after sixteen days of excessive fatigue across the 

 deserts of Liljya and Marmorique, in reaching this famous edi- 

 fice, called tiie Great Temj)le, which it is supposed has not be- 

 fore been visited since the time of Alexander the Great. 



M. Frediani was accompanied by an escort of 2000 men, and 

 had to fight his way to this celebrated monument of ancient su- 

 perstition. 



NATURAL HISTOKY. 

 A species of the armed or Cam!)rian goose, a native of Africa, 

 belenging to a person on the north side of Garngad-liill, was ob- 

 served for some time to pay particular attention to a dog which 

 was in the clsain, and, what is singular, tlie dog would never 

 before allow any poultry to come withni his reach : but in this 

 case he laid aside all his former animositv, and received his new 

 acquaintance with every mark of affection. The goose finding, 

 she had nothing to fear from her canine friend, entered his box, 

 in the centre of which, among the straw, she made her nest and 

 deposited her eggs, which was not known till one of the family 

 mentioned that the goose slept in the dog's boson). The singu- 

 larity of the circumstance led to an examination of the box (but 

 not without the greatest reluctance on the part of the dog, who 

 appeared determined to protect what was left to his care). On 

 removing the straw, five eggs were discovered in a fine bed of 

 down and feathers. The dog was in the habit of going into his 

 house with the grestest care not to disturb the nest. On boiling 

 and opening one of these eggs for eating, the spoon came in 

 contact with a hard substance at the internal end of the egg; 

 whe,n, part of the contents being removed, the hard substance 

 proved to be another egg about the size of a partridge's, com- 

 plete in every respect, slightly adhering to the white of the outer. 

 ^S8» ^""^ M"ite independent of it. This is unquestionably a rare 

 and extraordinary occurrence ; but it is well known to naturalists 

 that monstrous productions are more common to the goose spe- 

 cies than to any other domestic bird. The t^i^ js in the posses- 

 sion of the proprietor of the goose. -^G las go iv Courier. 



LIST OF PATliNTS FOR NEW IxWKNTrONS. 



To John Hudswell, of Addle-street, city of London, for an im- 

 provement in the manufacture of wafers. — 20th July 1S20. — ■ 

 Two months allowed to enroll specification. 



To James Harvie, engineer, late of Berbice, now in Cilasgow, 

 for improvements in the construction of machines commonly 

 called ginning machines, and which are employed in sei>arating 



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